(Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume I., published 1921) Early COVINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA Covington County was created by…
Have you ever heard about the ghost six miles from Tuscaloosa? A Folklore Tale by Mabel Farrior WPA writer 12/17/1935 Many times the question…
This video from 1937 reveals how much Birmingham has changed. Police Department had a band in 1930 Birmingham, Alabama Police Department had a…
WILLIAM VAUGHAN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1861-aft. 1921) Limestone, Madison and Jefferson County, Alabama William Vaughan, attorney-at-law, Birmingham, Alabama was born in Limestone county, Alabama,…
From geologic research, we know that the state was once covered by ancient oceans, swamps, and other near-shore environments and the sediment left behind…
This article and more abstracts are available in the Book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V- Scroll to bottom to see Table of Contents of…
These news abstracts and more are also available in the book ALABAMA GENEALOGY NOTES: Volume V - NAMES FROM MARRIAGE LICENSES AND SOME NAMES…
Design of Alabama State Capitol building When Alabama's Capital was moved to Montgomery. the building was designed by Architect Stephen Decatur Button of Philadelphia. The…
(Transcribed extracts from The Silent Eye, Avondale, Jefferson County, Alabama December 14, 1901) CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITIONS People who are born on Christmas Eve have the…
EARLY JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA Jackson County, Alabama was created by an act of the legislature December 13, 1819. Its territory was formed from that…
Return to Alabama of Dissatisfied Emigrant to Brazil from the MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA ADVERTISER, Aug. 10, 1867 Scroll down to read this story There arrived…
HONEYBEES AND BEE-KEEPING IN ALABAMA (Transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 1 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen 1921) Bee-keeping is…
CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY Episcopal, Huntsville, Ala (A reprint from the program issued by the Church on its Centennial Anniversary, 1843-1943.) The first officially…
First Toll bridge in Alabama is now a historic landmark The first toll bridge in Alabama to be officially dedicated was the John Turner…
IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN ALABAMA SLOWLY (The following was transcribed as written from: Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to…
Established by members of the Methodist Church East Alabama Male College was an educational institution of high grade, established by members of the Methodist…
I wonder what happened that caused this ban of toy pistols on Christmas Day? TOY PISTOLS WERE BANNED ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AN ORDINANCE…
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her…
Have you put up a Christmas Tree? Christmas trees appeared in Germany about 1600 and a few might have been found among German settlers…
Take two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, half a pint of fresh cider, nutmeg, one teaspoonful of salaratua or volatile salts, and…
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA By HON. E. A. POWELL CHAPTER I To one who has spent more than half a century, as it…
MAJOR CAMPBELL WALLACE BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1806-1895) GEORGIA Major Campbell Wallace was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, on December 7, 1806 to Jesse and…
JAMES ROBERT POWELL "DUKE OF BIRMINGHAM" BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1814 -1883) by John Witherspoon DuBose The year 1818, before Alabama had been admitted into…
On July 10, 1820, Alabama’s first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, died as a result of injuries received in a riding accident on his plantation.…
Jeremiah Austill ((1793- 1881) was one of the participants of the famous Canoe Fight that took place in Alabama in 1813. We hear his…
EARLY HISTORY OF CLEBURNE COUNTY, ALABAMA (Excerpt transcribed from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, 1921) Cleburne County was created by the…
Long involved in state and national efforts to reform child labor laws, Loraine Bedsole (Bush) Tunstall was largely responsible for the establishment of the…
Some interesting people from old Perote, Bullock County, Alabama REMINISCENCES OF PEROTE IN BULLOCK By A Native Catharine Elizabeth (Hixon) Rumphi (This transcribed excerpt…
In every book I have read about the Civil War, the authors referred to the 'Rebel Yell' heard before battle and I have always…
Borden Springs, east of Piedmont, Alabama was part of Calhoun County until 1866, when it became part of Cleburne County, Alabama. The area is…
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